Division Word Problems

A farmer has 36 apples and wants to divide them equally into baskets. If he uses 9 baskets, how many apples will go into each basket?

• 3 apples

• 4 apples

• 6 apples

• 9 apples

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

Samantha has 48 stickers. She wants to give an equal number of stickers to each of her 6 friends. How many stickers will each friend get?

• 6 stickers

• 7 stickers

• 8 stickers

• 9 stickers

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A teacher has 72 pencils and wants to distribute them equally among 8 students. How many pencils will each student receive?

• 8 pencils

• 9 pencils

• 10 pencils

• 12 pencils

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A bakery made 40 cupcakes for a party. If they want to place an equal number of cupcakes on 5 trays, how many cupcakes will each tray have?

• 8 cupcakes

• 10 cupcakes

• 12 cupcakes

• 20 cupcakes

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A library has 56 books to distribute equally among 7 shelves. How many books will each shelf contain?

• 5 books

• 6 books

• 7 books

• 8 books

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A group of 45 students is divided into 9 equal teams for a competition. How many students are in each team?

• 4 students

• 5 students

• 6 students

• 7 students

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A girl has 63 chocolates and wants to share them equally with her 7 friends, including herself. How many chocolates will each person get?

• 6 chocolates

• 7 chocolates

• 8 chocolates

• 9 chocolates

Tags

CCSS.3.OA.A.3

A school ordered 120 books for its library. If these books are to be evenly distributed among 10 classes, how many books will each class get?

• 10 books

• 12 books

• 15 books

• 20 books

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A farmer harvested 81 potatoes and wants to pack them equally into 9 boxes. How many potatoes will each box contain?

• 7 potatoes

• 8 potatoes

• 9 potatoes

• 10 potatoes

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6

A coach has 42 water bottles to distribute equally among 6 players. How many water bottles will each player receive?

• 8 water bottles

• 7 water bottles

• 10 water bottles

• 6 water bottles

Tags

CCSS.4.NBT.B.6